Reversing the trend – Collaboration, Robustness and Standardization 2017 BSEE Standards Workshop, Houston May 5th 2017 By Dr.ing Geir Loeland. Head of Structural Integrity Section Petroleum Safety Authority Norway PTIL/PSA
Topics included in the presentation • Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) • Reversing the trend • Use of Standards in PSA’s regulations • Highlights from Trends in risk level in the petroleum activities 2016 (RNNP) PTIL/PSA
Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) • Report to the Ministry of Labour and • Established in 1972 as part of the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate – Social Affairs Independent regulator from 2004 • About 170 employees • Regulator for technical and operational • Collaborate with other HSE regulators safety, including emergency nationally and internationally preparedness, and for the working environment in all phases of the petroleum activity • Authority has been delegated for: • issue regulations for the petroleum sector as authorized by legislation • undertake overall safety assessments • take decisions on consents, sanctions and exemptions from regulatory requirements. PTIL/PSA
DIRECTOR GENERAL Communication and public affairs SUPERVISION PROFESSIONAL LEGAL AND INTERNAL SUPPORT COMPETENCE AND DEVELOPMENT REGULATORY AFFAIRS Director of Director of Director of legal Director of professional internal support and regulatory affairs supervision competence and development Occupational health HR, organisation and building Development of rules Land-based facilities management and safety Drilling and well technology Other contractors, Petoro Agreements/MOUs Accounting Area manager, IT and Mobile units and Special projects Process integrity information management drilling contractors Structural integrity Legal and regulatory affairs System development ConocoPhillips, Shell, Eni, GDF Suez, Dong, Lundin, Suncor, Information management Premier, RWE, Maersk, OMV, HSE management Rocksource Logistics and emergency preparedness Subsea production systems BP, Repsol, ExxonMobil, Total, BG, Infield flowlines, umbilicals and risers Det Norske, Wintershall, Noreco, Centrica, Idemits, E.ON Pipelines Ruhrgas, licensees Fixed and floating structures prequalified as operators, Marine systems other licensees Materials PTIL/PSA
Distinctive features of the Norw egian approach to regulation • Ensuring that companies are conscious of their responsibilities. • Tripartite collaboration between companies, unions and government. • Trust and openness. PTIL/PSA
The industry is changing and being challenged. Pressures are growing. The past two years have been characterised by serious incidents and safety challenges. This trend will be reversed in 2017 – with us as the driving force and industry as the implementer. How will your company and your organisation contribute? PTIL/PSA
Three defined areas Collaboration Collaboration between the various sides in the petroleum sector is under greater pressure, both between companies and unions and between them and the government. Such bi- and tripartite interaction occupies a key place in Norwegian safety efforts. Consequences of a weakened cooperation could include a poorer basis for important decisions by company managements, and weaker entrenchment with employees of important choices for the way forward. PTIL/PSA
Three defined areas Robustness The industry is making major changes to cut costs and become more efficient. We are worried that such optimisation will increasingly squeeze margins in technical facilities, operating systems and organisations. The end result could be reduced robustness. PTIL/PSA
Three defined areas Standardisation Norway’s petroleum sector is among the leaders for standardisation and the use of standards. Standards are an important part of the basic norms as the functional regulations are based. We will work closely with the industry to contribute to increased use and further development of good standards. PTIL/PSA
Standardisation: trends • Standardisation – industry level - Increased pressure on cost-efficiency in standards. Technical content and level under challenge. - The danger exists of a growing backlog in updating Norsok standards. • Use of standards – company level - The overall extent of internal company specifications has increased. - More use of internal company specifications instead of norms set by standards. PTIL/PSA
Management regulations Section 24 Use of recognised standards • When the responsible party makes use of a standard recommended in the guidelines, the responsible party can normally assume that the regulatory requirements have been met. • When other solutions than those recommended in the guidelines are used, the responsible party shall be able to document that the chosen solution fulfils the regulatory requirements. PTIL/PSA
PSA’s references to standards for offshore petroleum activities Standards referred to from PSA’s guidelines to the Number of PSA Structural Integrity Section – key standards regulations for offshore petroleum activities. standards Subsea NORSOK U-001 International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 11 facilities ISO 13628 Design and operation of subsea International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 41 production systems European Standard (EN) 19 NORSOK standards Risers DNV-OS-F201 Dynamic Risers 48 API Spec 17J Specification for Unbonded Norwegian Standard (NS) 5 Flexible Pipe Norwegian Oil and Gas Association ( NOROG) 6 The Norwegian Shipowners' Association (NR) 2 Pipeline ISO 13623 Pipeline transportation systems International Maritime Organization (IMO) 6 DNV-OS-F101 Submarine Pipeline System Nordtest (NT) 2 Structures NORSOK N-001 Integrity of offshore European Diving Technology Committee (EDTC) 1 structures + other N standards DNV GL 21 Materials NORSOK M-001 Materials selection + other The International Marine Contractors Association 1 (IMCA) M standards American Petroleum Institute (API) 2 Totalt 165 PTIL/PSA
Trends in Risk Level in the petroleum activity 2016 Trends in million working hours on MODUs (flyttbare innretninger) and production facilities (produksjons-innretninger). Total risk indicator, production facilities, normalized against working hours, annual values and three-year rolling average. PTIL/PSA
Trends in Risk Level for risers, pipelines and subsea production systems. Translations: NUI = Normally not manned platform, Kompleks = cluser of platforms, Flytende produksjon = floating production units, Fast produksjon = fixed production platforms. Number of leaks for riser & pipelines within the safety zone Number of incidents involving serious damage to riser & pipelines within the safety zone. PTIL/PSA
Trends in Risk Level for structural integrity and marine systems. Translations: Flyttbare = MODUs, NUI = Normally not manned platform, Kompleks = cluser of platforms Flytende produksjon = floating production units, Translations: Fast produksjon = fixed production platforms. Annet = other Vann på avveier = stability and ballast failure Stormskader = damages caused by waves. Sprekker = fatigue cracks Number of serious incidents involving damage to structures and maritime systems. Number of serious incidents involving damage to structures PTIL/PSA
Link to PSA’s homepage: http://www.ptil.no/?lang=en_US PTIL/PSA
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